PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mental Age, Educational Psychologist, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
27 Jan 2016
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No one can agree upon a definition of it. What is intelligence: intelligence is a very general mental capability that, among many other involves the ability to reason, plab, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience. It is merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking smarts. Rather, it reflects a broader: crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence. Ability to use skills, knowledge and experience, doesn"t equate to memory but it does rely on accessing info from memory, it is one"s lifetime of intellectual achievement as expressed through vocabulary and general knowledge. Improves with age (have more and more experience as you age) Good at trivia, knowledge tests, cross-word puzzles. Capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations independent of acquired knowledge. Doesn"t matter what your knowledge base is you can still handle the situation. Someone throws something new at you and you can deal with it.
